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H. J. BRINE. BUTTER PACKAGE.

Patented Apr. 15, 1890.

IHHHI NiTnn STATES PATENT rricn.

HEYRY J. BR IN 1, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO RICHARD J. EVANS, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTER-PACKAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,564, dated April 15, 1890.

Application filed October 25, 1889. Serial No. 328,149. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. BRINE, of St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain Improvements in Butter-Packages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the packages designed for containing butter or similar substances for convenient handlin g,

shipping, and use and it consists, generally,in the construction an d combinationh ereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section of my improved package, showing the false bottom in position at the bottom of the package and the package filled with butter and sealed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the manner in which the contents are forced outward, the contents, false bottom, and plunger being shown in elevation; Fig. 3, a similar View showing manner of filling, showing a mass of butter in elevation as the package is in process of being filled; and Figs. 4 and 5 are details, respectively, of the false bottom or follower and of the bottom of the receptacle.

In the drawings, 2 represents the receptacle, preferably cylindrical in form, constructed of earthenware, wood, paper, or other suitable material, and provided with an opening 3, arranged in its bottom or closed end 4, in which a lifting-block or the hand may be inserted for the purpose of pushing the contents out, in the manner hereinafter described. This opening 3 may, if desired, be fitted with any suitable stopper or cork 5, so as to make the Vessel water-tight. I also prefer to arrange a slight depression 6 in the bottom at around the opening, to enable the stopper to be easily grasped bythe fingers when it is desired to remove it. I prefer, also, to arrangea shoulder or flange 7 on the inner side of the bottom, next the sides of the package, on which the false bottom 8 may rest, whereby an inclosed space or air-chamber is formed between the bottom of the package and the false bottom. It is obvious that this spacing between the bottom of the package and the false bottom can be accomplished in various other ways, whereby the false bottom is supported at a little distance from the fixed bottom; but I prefer the, construction shown and described because of its simplicity and inexpensiveness.

Removably arranged in the package is the false bottom 8, formed preferably of a thin wooden disk or of other suitable material, which is adapted to support the contents of the package. One or more similar disks may be arranged at the top of the receptacle when filled, or at intermediate points between the bottom and top, if it is desired to divide the contents.

When filled, the package is tightly closed by means of a suitable cover 9, fitting closely in or around the top of the receptacle, made preferably with an inclosed air-chamber 17.

If the package be a large and heavy one, a suitable bail 10 maybe provided,the sockets or eyes for which, when formed in earthenware, are preferably provided with eyelets or collars ll, of sheet metal, to receive the wear of the ends or hooks of the bail and prevent the chipping off of the earthen ware at the edges of the holes.

In order to prevent the butter or other contents of the package adhering to the false bottom or the sides of the package,- a layer of paraffine paper or similar substance may be arranged in the package before being filled, which will neither adhere to the contents nor allow them to come in contact with the receptacle.

Operation: The false bottom or disk 8 being laid in the package and covered by the paraffine paper 12, the butter or other sub stance is packed firmly in the receptacle, either in a single mass or with other disks arranged as partitions in the receptacle to form compartments of any desired capacity, and when filled another disk 8 is laid upon the top of the inclosed mass and the package then properly covered and secured. The opening 3 may then be closed with the stopper, if desired, so as to form a closed airchamber in the bottom of the receptacle underneath its contents, also serving to make the vessel watertight when it is dcsi red to fill the space withbrinc to assist in the preserving of the contents. In removing the contents parblock the false bottom 8 and the contents of the package are forced upward the necessary distance to force out of the receptacle the desired amount, which is then removed from the top of the mass, thus obviating all digging out of the contents or waste of the contents from portions adhering to the sides of the package,

and thus promoting cleanliness of the package. As the contents are thus forced partially out of the receptacle and the opening in its bottom closed, the size of the air-chamber is increased by the amount of contents removed, and the confined air of the chamber serves to hold the contents in their raised position in the receptacle.

A convenient mode of packing the vessel is shown in Fig. 3, where it is desired to have the entire contents inclosed and separated from the walls of the receptacle by paraffine paper or similar substance. A packing-tube or shell 15, provided preferably with a flaring or'funnel-shaped mouth,having been wrapped with the paper, is inserted into the receptacle. The butter or other substance then being filled in through the top, the pa cking-tub'e is gradually raised and the butter or other substance being forced through it is packed firmly in the package beneath it until the package is filled and the tube withdrawn, thus leaving the substance firmly packed in the receptacle, though wholly inclosed by the paraffine paper.

By arranging a suitable scale 16 upon the lifting-block the distance which it enters the receptacle is shown at a glance, and thus approximately any desired amount of the contents may vbe forced out of the package to facilitate the process of weighing.

In use the package should be so filled as to leave a space between the top disk and the cover, and the chambered cover may thus be dispensed with and an ordinary cover used instead. Theinclosed air-space, either in the cover or between the cover and contents, and the air-space at the bottom underneath the contents serve to protect the contents against changes of temperature. i

lVhere butter is packed for keeping a considerable time the bottom space is preferably filled with brine and tightly corked, and the space between the-top of the contents and the cover also supplied with brine to assist in preserving the contents.

1. The combination of the cylindrical receptacle 2, having the opening 3 in its bottom, the shoulder or flange 7', arranged on the inside of the bottom. and the disk 8, arranged loosely in said receptacle and adapted to rest upon said flange, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the receptacle 2, having the opening 3 in its bottom, the

. shoulder or flange 7 upon the inside of the bottom, the disk 8, arranged loosely in said receptacle and. resting upon said flange, the stopper 5, arranged in said opening, and the chambered cover 9, adapted to fit upon the top of said receptacle,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. As an improved article of manufacture,

3 a butter-package of substantially cylindrical form, having an opening in itsbottom adapted to be tightly closed by a removable stopper,

a movable false bottom arranged in said receptacle, suitable devices arranged between the false bottom and the bottom ofthe receptacle, whereby a space or air chamber is formed between-them, and a lid or cover for said receptacle having an inclosed air-space, combined and adapted for use substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of October, 1889. V

HENRY J. BRINE. In presence of S. W. ROBERTS, T. D. MERWIN. 

